Subject Access (1122_17)

Request

January 2010 to End of January 2017
1). How many local Subject access request have been processed for the
following years, 2010,1011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 and January 2017.
2). How many staff do you have to process local subject access request.
3). Do those staff who deal with SARS also process other work, if so what work do
they process, ie Information sharing agreement, requests for information from
the insurance industry etc.
4). For the above years how many times have you breached the 40day limit.
5). How many staff do you employ in your data compliance unit, or Information
Management unit or whatever name you call the department that processes data
under the data protection act.

Response

1). How many local Subject access request have been processed for the
following years, 2010,1011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 and January 2017.
Subject access request are only required to be kept for a period of two years. I do not have access to any previous years records as they were not held on the system now in use.
In 2015 there were 718 requests
In 2016 there were 607 requests
In 2017 (1 month) there are 40 requests

2). How many staff do you have to process local subject access request.

There is one member of staff dealing with subject access request requests who works 25 hours per week

3). Do those staff who deal with SARS also process other work, if so what work do
they process, ie Information sharing agreement, requests for information from
the insurance industry etc.

No they just deal with subject access
4). For the above years how many times have you breached the 40 day limit.

This information is not held

5). How many staff do you employ in your data compliance unit, or Information
Management unit or whatever name you call the department that processes data
under the data protection act.
There are 174 members of staff in the Information Management department